Hygrophorus eburneus    (Bull.:Fr.) Fr. 

common name(s) : Ivory Woodwax1, Blotched Woodwax1, Ivory Wax Cap 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Hygrophoraceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales [sub-genus:Hygrophorus section:Hygrophorus sub-section:Eburnei]  

synonyms: Limacium eburneum, Hygrophorus eburneus-eburneus 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Limacium eburneus)  

edibility : discard

photo gallery of Hygrophorus eburneus
photo gallery of Hygrophorus eburneus potential confusions with Hygrophorus eburneus toxicity of Hygrophorus eburneus genus Hygrophorus  

The cap is white, with a more creamy centre. The cap surface is smooth, viscid or sticky.

The stem is white, without ring.

The flesh is pale yellow, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is faint, of mould, celery or Jerusalem artichoke; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white, decurrent, distant (nb of gills per 90° ~ 14 ). The spore print is white. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved woods, on a rather calcareous or neutral soil, most of the time with beech, but also with oak and other deciduous trees.

The fruiting period takes place from July to December.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 6 cm (between 1.8 and 10 cm)
  height of stem approximately 7 cm (between 3 and 12 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 7 mm (between 3 and 13 mm)

Chemical tests : orange to ochraceous reaction to potash on stem base, negative elsewhere.

Distinctive features : entirely white; very slimy cap and stem; decurrent and distant gills; odour of glue or tangerine

Hygrophorus eburneus is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Hygrophorus eburneus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Hygrophorus eburneus in the forest of Rambouillet



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